Variant 1 You could have come first and won the race if you … faster

13. The traffic police are going to redirect the traffic ... the crowd from the football stadium has dispersed.
A) whenever B) despite C) so as to D) until
14. A: Does the fact that you didn’t get the promotion mean you’ll be looking for another job?
B: ... I still love my job.
A) No, I didn’t. B) Doesn’t it? C) No, it doesn’t. D) I will, anyway.
15. When reaching middle age, you should follow a sensible diet and exercise plan; ... , you risk having heart
problems later on.
A) whereas B) otherwise C) therefore D) in order that
16. ... for over an hour, the lifeboat men finally spotted the small rubber boat ... up and down in the rough sea.
A) To be searched / to bob B) Searching / to be bobbing
C) Being searched / having bobbed D) Having searched / bobbing
17. He chatted ... with his colleagues to conceal the pain he was feeling from his illness.
A) so cheerfully as B) such a cheerful C) cheerfully enough D) the most cheerful
18. He was ... prepared to spend almost three hours each day travelling, so he found a job closer to his house.
A) no longer B) by far C) anyway D) any more


The English actor, comedian, and screenwriter, Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, was born on 6 January 1955 in Consett, County Durham, England. He is best known for his work on the sitcoms Mr. Bean and Blackadder. Atkinson has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest actors in British comedy and amongst the top 50 comedians ever, in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Atkinson got a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering at The Queen’s College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford Atkinson started writing and performing his first sketches. He first appeared in Oxford revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Later, he started performing in theatre clubs and on comedy shows for BBC Radio 3. He reached success in TV performances such as Not the Nine O’clock News (1979-82), Blackadder (1983-89) and The Thin Blue Line (1995-96), but Atkinson reached worldwide fame by writing and starring the TV sitcom Mr. Bean (1990-95). Described by Atkinson himself Mr. Bean is a character that is much like “a child in a grown man’s body”. The series of Mr. Bean has enabled his character to secure a place in the popular culture of several countries.